Garment.



A. MALSIN.

GARMENT.

Patented May 18', 1915.

InUentqr IA LBERT MALSIN, on NEVYORK, .N. %z.

To allwwm z't mdy concem: v

Be it known that I; IALBERT MALSIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the'county of NeW York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Gar m'ents, of Which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My present invention relates to a skirt or garment adapted to be worn by persons o varying degrees of stoutness or Slimness the same being adjstable in size. v

The object is to provide a garinent of a simple, econ0mical and substanti2tl construction whichwill present the same neattand tasty appearance when enlarged or made' smaller, and to provide means for changing the size of the same without encumbering the garmeht with numerous extra parts and appliances, making for weight and iilcon:

venience; and the invention, theref0re, con

sists essentially in the construction, arrange- 7 ment and combination' of parts, substantially as Will be hereinafter described andclaimed. In the accompanyihg. draWing illustrating my invention; Figure 1 is a rar view of my 1mproved adgustable sk1rt.-- F 1g. 2 1s a horizontal cross section 'of the skirt shOwn in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s arear VIGW w1th a mOd1-* fied means for effectig an adjustment.

Similar characters 'of reference. desig1ate corresponding parts" throughout the difierent figures of the drawing.

1 designates a skirt having a waist band 2 7 and the bottom end 3. At therear is the longitudinal opening 4 extending a suitable distance vertically between the Waist band 2 and the bottom end 3, say, for instance, about half the length. The edges of the opening4 are folded to form the vertical plaits 5, which are adaptedto be fastened down upon the skirt 1 by means of the catch devices 6, which ma be like an ordinary glove fastener or may have any other desirable construction. Further, the loose edges 7 of the plaits 5 are'laced together by means tions 9, the ends of'the lacing being tied together at some s1iitaole point with knots, as at 10. The bOdy of the skirt 1 is provided at a point below the Opening 4 With a flap :of sufiicient dimensions to readily cover the opening 4,-as well astheside plaits 7 and effectually conceal the opening, the plaits,v

, GARMENC.

size of the-Wearer.

the lacing; etc. from sight; This flap or.

covering 11 is of a neat and attractive form,

.usually of the saine Imaterial asthe Skirt 1, and 1s read1ly manipulated :to cover OI'-Dll-t cover the plaits and other parts. When 1 1t0 the waist 'band2; Also;as an addit1onal means of securii1gthe fiap in place it can be tackfied with a few stitches 13 that are readily removable.

Pateflted May18, 1915; Application filed November 26, 1912; Serial No. 733,623. L

Itwill thus be seen,that the Wa1st portionof; the skirt, thatzisfltorsay the upper half of the latter, can be eXpanded or Contracted byfthemeans which I have already spetified,

which is done in the following nianner'z When the skirtis ofthe smallest forin the clasps 6 Willbe engaged'and also th'elacings 8 Wi-ll :bepulled up Closely 'so:;that the plaits i will be-securely held Closely togetherg'jand also closely to the garnient, thusnfi1aking the opeiling 1 as smallas. possible ,With this arrangement. By rele:;sing the fasteners 6 it will be evident that'the plaits"will bolet,

ont so that the mateiial thereon Will{ flattn out and enlarge the size.of the'skifiti- Then. 7

the lacings 8 Ican also be let Qut.as much as they Willpermit and the size'of the skirt A still further fenlarged. The reverse -opera tion may be pursuedifdesired by first opeiling upthe lacings and thei1 disengaging the fastenings. Therelease'oftheplaits 7 and the consequent enlargement of the skirtflat the waist portion Will, ofcourse, be covered by the flap 11,and thusth rar ofthe skirt Will present the samef appearance at 'all times5 nomatt r' Whether the waist;,bandis of Small size or of a larger size, inasmuch as the meansfor increasing or decreasing the size ofthe skirt.is all concealed underneath the removable fiap 11, whichcovers the I plaits 7 and the catch devidesl 6 and thelaces 8. One i:'ormof modification is illustrated in Fig. 3, Where I utilize rubber bahds 14 in thewaist band, Which are employed to pucker'up the material of the skirt' on both sides of the opening 4. These rubber bauds permit an automatic increase or reduction of the size of the waistband, dependent on the The rear of the 'ski1t is covered as in the case of the construction having hooks and cyes, or similar fastenings for holding it up in its place.

Various changes in the construction, ar-- rangement and combination of the parts may be made without exceeding the scope of my invention, and I, therefore, reserve the lib erty of making as many changes as am found in practice to be necessnry.

Having thns described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a skirt, the combination with the body of the same, having a vertical opening, of Plaits at the sides of said opening and a flap attached to the lower part of the skirt and capable of folding upwardly to cover said plaits.

2. In a skirt, the combination with the body of the same, having a vertical opening, of plaits at the sidcs of said opening and a fiap attached to the lower part of the skirt and capable of folding upwardly and hav- 1ng lifted position.

3. In a skirt, the combination With the body of the same, having a vertical opening, of plaits at the sides of said opening, fastehing means for connecting the adjoining edgcs of said plaits together and a flap attached to the loWer part of the skirt and capable of folding upwardly tobover said plaits.

l. In a skirt, the combination with the body of the same, having a vertical opening, of plaitsat the sides of said opening, and adapted to be connected to the body of the skirt, and a fiap attached to the lower part of the skirt and capable of folding upwardly and adapted to cover said plaits.

5. In a skirt, the combination with the 7 body of the same, having a rear vertical opening, of plaits at the edges of said opening, said plaits having fastening means for connecting thcm to the body of the skirt and Copies of this patent may be obtained for fastening means for fastening it in its having a rear opening, of plaits on the edges of the opening, said plaits having fastening 'means for connecting them to the body of the skirt, and fastening means for connecting together the adjoining edges of the plaits, and a fiap attached to the lower part of the rear of the body of the skirt capable of folding upwardly to cover the plaits.

7. In a skirt, the combination of the body, having an opening in the rear portion, the edges of the opening being folded to form plaits, fastening dcvices underneath the plaits for securing them to the body of the skirt, lacingdevices at the.adjoining edges 01" the plaits for connecting them together, and means for covering the plaits so as to conceal them fro1n view.

8. In a skirt adapted to be increased or diminished in sizc, the combination of the skirt b0dy having a rear opening the edges of which are folded to form plaits, catch devices underneath the plaits for holding the same to the body of the skirt and for pemnitting unfolding of the plaits when desired, a lacing means passing through openings in the edges of the plaits for securing said edges together more or less loosely, and

a flap secured centrally to the skirt about midwayof its height and adapted to cover the plaits, said flap having fastening means for securing the end thereof to the waist band of theskirt. V

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

} ALBERT MALSIN.

VVitnesses JEANNETTE. STORE, L. S. PERRINE.

five cents each, by eiddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1). G. 

